Perry Hill brings a whole new meaning to "head of lettuce."
The Marlins first base coach has (hopefully) tried many methods of staving off the heat during the summer. His latest attempt: using wet lettuce — that's right, wet lettuce — inside his helmet to try and keep cool, which was "outed" during Monday's Marlins-Braves game in SunTrust Park.
Perry Hill has got quite a head of lettuce. pic.twitter.com/TuLlDQIql6
— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) August 13, 2018
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And now, bad lettuce jokes:
— Does "iceberg" lettuce work best?
— Hopefully the lettuce helped Hill "Romaine" cool.
— Apparently Hill tried urging his wife to use this strategy … "Butterhead" wouldn't fit in the helmet properly.
We're used to seeing stadium foods served in replica helmets — nachos, ice cream, chicken fingers — but hopefully we won't be seeing Hill eating any greens out of his lid anytime soon. Superstitious, a little-stitious or not, the lettuce strategy didn't help the Marlins to victory, as they lost to the Braves, 6-1.
Full disclosure: According to sources, lettuce doesn't work as well as cabbage because it wilts quicker. So, Hill has a point.
If you have any idea if this vegetable strategy is truly effective, please …
**Puts on sunglasses**
… lettuce know.
